Cannot Restore Photo Library From A Time Machine Backup on an External Drive
I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro 2019 after my MacBook Pro 2015 was stolen.
I used an external drive (Seagate) to backup my old Mac using Time Machine, but when I set up the new Mac I decided not to restore everything from this backup and just import whatever I currently need.
One of the things I wanted to import was my photo library, but when I try to do this I get the following error message: "Cannot import items: These Items cannot be added to your Photo library because the file format is not supported by Photos".
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Additional information:
- I didn't use iCloud to backup my library and I don't have any other backup of these photos.
- All the photos in my library were imported from my iPhone and I've never had any problems with their format before.
- I'm trying to restore the photos from the file "photo library" that's located in: Latest (backup) > Macintosh HD > Users > my username > Pictures . Perhaps it's the wrong file/location?
I also thought about 2 possible solutions. Do you think they will work?:
- Restoring the photo library to an older Mac
- Re-setting the new Mac and then restoring all files from the external drive while setting it up
Thanks in advance for any help!
*Please ignore the fact that it says my device is a current pro Desktop!
Current Pro Desktops